---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the regulation of funeral directors."
description: "relative to the regulation of funeral directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1119 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer M Rhodes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5626544-3c08-4fa2-bb0a-3dd732d98a49"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1619&inflect=2"
source_hash: "3881c72985765793ac600855a1e1f92007ee472a3e68ced94dd7f65f16102958"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1119 (2026) — relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=22763&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26881&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30446&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28510&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Jennifer M Rhodes — primary (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah Orion Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-03** Executive Session: 01/22/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0337h 01/28/2026 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 6 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Amendment # 2026-0337h: AA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 4
- **2026-02-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0337h: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-13** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing: 03/04/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 7
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/12/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 2
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 22; eff: 06/02/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5626544-3c08-4fa2-bb0a-3dd732d98a49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).